Comments on: Laser-powered aircraft tested at Osaka Dome

By: shams

shams — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:59:49 +0000

Absolutely fantastic mind blowing thing

By: fringD

fringD — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:20:19 +0000

this could be more than a toy. if you had a network of lasers crisscrossing a city, or even a nation, then you could fly all over like this. forever. if the lasers were awesome enough, maybe we could have laser powered 747s.

By: salaric

salaric — Sat, 17 May 2008 01:53:09 +0000

this wa done by NASA about 3 years prior:

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=12743

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:23:05 +0000

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By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:16:56 +0000

A disc-shaped solar panel attached underneath powers the propeller when struck by a ground-based laser. Great idea can I get one for Xmas 07…

By: david

david — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:48:09 +0000

I’m sure someone is dreaming how to make a weapon out of this.
Thats the bad new, Good news Somebody is thinking about transmitted power. How few people have any Imagination. No I’m not going to spell it out for you.

By: news :: news :: March :: 2006

news :: news :: March :: 2006 — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:00:11 +0000

[...] Nobuki Kawashima and colleagues from Kinki University in southern Japan recently used a ground laser to power a super lightweight uncrewed aircraft. [...]

By: Electric flight blog » Blog Archive » Laser powered RC plane

Electric flight blog » Blog Archive » Laser powered RC plane — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 03:25:55 +0000

[...] Leave out the batteries Researchers demonstrated an unmanned aircraft powered by a ground-based laser at Osaka Dome on March 7. The researchers expect the aircraft to be used for gathering information in the event of a disaster. [...]

By: Ziggy

Ziggy — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 21:24:20 +0000

Yeah,

This needs to be filed all right. How about under: Things-to-waste-research-funds-on-while-fooling-around-with-high- powered-lasers-in-a-pathetic-attempt-to-justify-your-silly-idea?

By: Doug McLaren

Doug McLaren — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 18:18:54 +0000

Of course, electric R/C planes can already stay up for an hour or so — the five minute figure is only because this plane has a small battery and an inefficient shape.

You’d also need some expensive infrastructure on the ground — an expensive and power-heavy laser and tracking system, and the plane cannot leave the immediate area.

Personally, I’d say the most likely power source for this sort of thing in the near future is a fuel cell, and for now, if you need to stay up more than an hour, an IC engine of some sort is still what’s needed.

By: The.RSS.Reporter

The.RSS.Reporter — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 10:14:58 +0000

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